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(88) Date of publication A3: 10.08.2017 (43) Date of publication: 26.09.2018 Bulletin 2018/39 (21) Application number: 16801031.2 (22) Date of filing: 18.11.2016

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C10L 3/10(2006.01) B01D 53/40(2006.01) C07C 7/10(2006.01) C10G 70/04(2006.01) B01D 3/40(2006.01) C07C 7/08(2006.01) C07C 7/11(2006.01) C10G 70/06(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2016/053602 (87) International publication number: WO 2017/085504 (26.05.2017 Gazette 2017/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 19.11.2015 GB 201520405 (71) Applicants: Oxford University Innovation Limited Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 0JB (GB) King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh 11442 (SA)

(72) Inventors: XIAO, Tiancun Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QR (GB) ZHANG, Zhaoxi Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QR (GB) EDWARDS, Peter P Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QR (GB) AL-MEGREN, Hamid Riyadh 11442 (SA) (74) Representative: J A Kemp  14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)